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NEWS ABOUT: lizard

lizard stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Australian scientists have discovered that the world’s largest lizard packs a lethal venom in its bite, the Guardian reports. MRI scans of an ailing Komodo dragon revealed venom glands in the mouth that had never before been documented. The dragons’ poison sends victims into shock by triggering a sudden... More »

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snake venom • poison • lizard • Komodo dragon

 Komodo Dragons Kill Man 

Fruit-picker mauled by giant lizards after falling out of tree

Mar 24, 09 3:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of Komodo dragons fatally mauled a fruit-picker in eastern Indonesia, reports AP. The lizards attacked the man after he fell out of a tree on the island of Komodo, according to authorities. Fewer than 4000 of the carnivores remain in the wild, and attacks on humans are rare,... More »

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Indonesia • animal attack • lizard • Komodo dragon

 Treats Banned,
 Komodo Dragons Get Nasty

Ban on food offerings 'angers' hungry lizards

Aug 25, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Komodo dragons in an Indonesian park are increasingly attacking humans, and villagers who share their habitat say environmentalist policies are to blame, reports the Wall Street Journal. Inhabitants of Komodo National Park have traditionally left deer and sheep for the carnivorous lizards, the largest in the world. But new laws... More »

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Indonesia • environmentalism • deer • hunting • lizard • national park • Komodo dragon • Nature Conservancy

Madagascar Chameleon Has Shortest Life on 4 Legs

Furcifer labordi dies about a year after it's conceived—and 16-20 weeks out of shell

Aug 19, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small chameleon native to Madagascar looks to own the world record for shortest life span for a creature with four legs and a backbone, the New York Times reports. The Furcifer labordi dies about a year after conception, with just 16-20 weeks on earth after it leaves its shell.... More »

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Madagascar • lizard • animal • chameleon • life span • Furcifer labordi chameleon

Iguanas Smuggled in Fake Leg

Lizards fetch thousands on black market

Sep 23, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three endangered iguanas were brought into the US illegally in a special compartment inside a man's removable prosthetic leg. The Fiji Island Banded Iguana  were stolen by Californian Jereme James from a nature preserve in Fiji in 2002. US Fish and Wildlife service began an investigation after a tip-off that... More »

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endangered species • lizard • iguana • Fiji • prosthetics

Hybrid Lizards Muscle Out
Mom and Dad

Discovery of new salamanders’ ‘vigor’
is a scientific first

Sep 18, 07 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The offspring of California tiger salamanders and barred tiger salamanders are living proof that not all hybrids are mule-style genetic dead ends: They’re breeding their parents out of house and home. In a watershed instance of "hybrid vigor" among animals, Science reports, the progeny of two species for... More »

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California • hybrid animal • Texas • species • salamanders • mules • lizard • animal

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